"Do you even know what it means to draw information out of someone?! It has to feel natural, follow smoothly from what came before! I never brought it up over dinner, and now you want me to summon him in the middle of the night and ask out of nowhere? Wouldn't he get suspicious? How am I supposed to draw anything out of him then?! Besides, this matter has such enormous stakes. If there really is something hidden behind it, would he tell me so easily? The groundwork, the timing, the right touch-you have to get all of that right. You've prepared nothing, and you expect me to march up and ask with nothing but my bare tongue and teeth!"
Driven past caution by the pain, Wang Yang stopped trying to appease her and unleashed a scolding straight at her head.
The young woman did not get angry. She blinked and asked, "Then when will you be ready?"
"You need the right opportunity for this-the right time, the right place, and the right people. Right now, all I have is the title of an aristocrat. That isn't enough to make him trust me completely. I have to wait until he fully trusts and respects me before I can make my move."
The young woman remained dubious. "Then how will you make him trust and respect you?"
"I have my ways..."
Seeing her expression darken, he immediately added, "Just wait. Six days from now, my name will resound throughout Jingzhou City!"
Her suspicion only deepened. Suspecting that Wang Yang was stalling for time, she listened as he said:
"If you don't believe me, you'll see for yourself in six days. By then, Jiao Zheng will certainly respect me even more. As the saying goes, a man without desires stands firm. Jiao